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Add wepmode on in ifconfig(8) command lines to enable WEP on wireless

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cards.  Without this option it just creates a key nothing more.

Submitted by:	Chris Stuart <firewolf@lightningfire.net>
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Marc Fonvieille 2002-12-31 12:31:01 +00:00
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@ -680,11 +680,11 @@ wi0: flags=8843&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST&gt; mtu 1500
<para>It is better than nothing, so here's how to turn on WEP on your new FreeBSD
access point:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig wi0 inet up ssid my_net wepkey 0x1234567890 mediaopt hostap</userinput></screen>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig wi0 inet up ssid my_net wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890 mediaopt hostap</userinput></screen>
<para>And here's how you turn on WEP on a client:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid my_net wepkey 0x1234567890</userinput></screen>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.20 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid my_net wepmode on wepkey 0x1234567890</userinput></screen>
<para>Note that you should replace the 0x1234567890 with a more unique key.</para>